This past Thursday AHS was pleased to team up with CHATS for the third time to run An Evening of Scotch, a fundraiser in support of CHATS and AHS. A full house packed into the Hillary House Ballroom to experience Whisky’s of the World with local Scotch and Whisky expert, Keith Scott. Keith took them … Read moreRecap: An Evening of Scotch

By Leigha Cooney This weeks artifact of the week is an autobiography called Winged Warfare. It was written by Major W. A Bishop. He is more commonly known as Billy Bishop, the famous ‘ace’ during the First World War, and recruiting officer for the Royal Canadian Air Force During the Second World War. William Avery … Read moreArtifact of the Week: Winged Warfare

Many of you may recognize the name of our final speaker in the 2016 AHS Speaker Series, Jacqueline Stuart. You may also have memories of her taking you around the Aurora Museum, helping you with a research project, or looking up parts of your family tree. That is because for 25 years Jacqueline Stuart was … Read moreAHS Speaker Series Presents: Jacqueline Stuart

At Hillary House, we are getting closer to setting up our World War One exhibit opening August 20th. We are getting materials ready and gathering artifacts, but did you know that we have some artifacts belonging to military history on display all the time? Belonging to Robert William Hillary, this sword served both him and … Read moreArtifact of the Week – August 12th

As we continue organizing and cataloging our collection at Hillary House, we come across artifacts once in a while that communicate very little details about them! Sometimes we ask one another’s opinions, and research until we find something similar enough that we are confident in our identification! This artifact was being cataloged by our Collections … Read moreMystery Artifact – Friday, July 22nd, 2016

Early travel writing can be found during the Song Dynasty (960-1279), and was written from the perspective of individuals in poetry and story narrative. During Classical and Medieval times, content of “travel writing” would be a record of quests, containing a religious focus, and do not tell much about a destination. They did talk about … Read moreBrief History of Travel Writing

This week we will be saying goodbye to our co-op student from Dr. G.W. William SS, Nida Atif. Nida has been with AHS since February and has been a wonderful addition to our team, assisting us with exhibits, Artifact of the Week, collections inventory, and more. She has written the following letter of reflection on her time here at Hillary House: